Blacktop pavement cover me
Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller, spreading randomly
There's a distant buzz at low frequency
It tickles my ears, rumbles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
Vio-lent-ly
What protention everlasting peace
Everything must cease
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Institution on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to ignite a people's will
There's a shadow stain on the west facade
It is spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
And the descendants find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
What pretension everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Grave memorial hewn white stone
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
It evokes such pain and significance
What was once is reduced to rememberance
And the generations pass without recompense
Aa-aaaa-hhh
What pretension everlasting peace
Everything must cease
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Everything must cease